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PORT-ISAAC, a sea-port village in Endellion parish, Cornwall; on a bay of its own name, 6½ miles N E of Padstow. It has a post-office‡ under Wadebridge, and a fair on Holy Thursday. The bay is an open sweep, extending about 4½ miles, from Varle point on the S to the Gullrocks on the N.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a sea-port village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | St Endellion Parish Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Port Isaac |
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